downstairs
Also downstair . pertaining to or situated on a lower floor, especially the ground floor.
(used with a singular verb) the lower floor or floors of a building: The downstairs is being painted.
the stairway designated for use by people descending: Don't try to go up the downstairs.
Origin of downstairs
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British Dictionary definitions for downstairs
/ (ˈdaʊnˈstɛəz) /
down the stairs; to or on a lower floor
a lower or ground floor
(as modifier): a downstairs room
British informal, old-fashioned the servants of a household collectively: Compare upstairs (def. 6)
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